Amish Tripathi
Amish Tripathi is an Indian author. He is known for his book series Shiva Trilogy and Ram Chandra Series. (Amish Tripathi Quotes)
“A king need be judged solely on the basis of what he achieves for his people. His personal life is of no consequence. His public life, though, has one singular purpose: to provide for his people and improve their lives.”
Amish Tripathi
Scion of Ikshvaku
“A leader is not just one who gives his people what they want. He must also be the one who teaches his people to be better than they imagined themselves to be.”
Amish Tripathi
Sita
“A leader should not expect more from them than what they are capable of. If you stretch them beyond their capacity, they will break.”
Amish Tripathi
Sita
“A lot of people are capable, Neelkanth. What makes a capable person truly dangerous is his conviction.”
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“A man becomes a Mahadev, only when he fights for good. A Mahadev is not born from his mother’s womb. He is forged in the heat of battle, when he wages a war to destroy evil. Har Har Mahadev – All of us are Mahadev.”
Amish Tripathi
The Immortals of Meluha
“A man becomes God when his vision moves beyond the bounds of victors and losers.”
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“A mob is usually made up of cowards. They have no grit. Courage enters their souls quickly, when they think they are in control. But it departs their souls equally quickly.”
Amish Tripathi
Legend of Suheldev
“A person’s ethics and character are not tested in good times. It is only in bad times that a person shows how steadfast he is to his dharma.”
Amish Tripathi
The Immortals of Meluha
“A real leader doesn’t choose to lead only the deserving. He will, instead, inspire his people into becoming the best that they are capable of.”
Amish Tripathi
Scion of Ikshvaku
“A relationship is not just for fun, it is also about trust and the knowledge that you can depend on your partner. Relationships based on passion and excitement do not last.”
Amish Tripathi
Scion of Ikshvaku
“A society must always aim for balance. It needs intellectuals, it needs warriors, it needs traders, it needs artists, and it needs skilled workers. If it empowers one group too much or another too little, it is headed for chaos.”
Amish Tripathi
Sita
“A thin line divides courage from false bravado, and pride makes a brave person imprudent.”
Amish Tripathi
Dharma
“A true warrior never gets so lost in beauty that he forgets his combat training. A true warrior is always ready for battle.”
Amish Tripathi
Legend of Suheldev
“According to the ancients, this was the highest form of divinity that humans were capable of understanding. For the Saakshin Vishnu was the Primal Being. Floating through time. Witnessing it all, as people lived their lives and the universe breathed its karma.”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“Ahinsa parmo dharma. That non-violence is the greatest dharma. But they also say dharma hinsa thathaiv cha.’ Violence that protects dharma is justified.”
Amish Tripathi
Legend of Suheldev
“All of us have been through times when life seemed unfair. In such situations, we can choose to see ourselves as victims and blame the rest of the world. We can drown ourselves in the false comfort of knowing we are not responsible for our difficulties and expect others to change our lives. Or, we can pick ourselves up. Be strong. And fight the world.”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“Always remember why we are strong, why we are successful. Because we don’t fool ourselves that we are honorable or good. We know who we are. We accept it. We embrace it. That’s why we beat everyone. That’s why we will continue to beat everyone.” (Amish Tripathi Quotes)
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“An ancient poet once remarked, “When the axe entered the forest, the trees said to each other: do not worry, the handle in that axe is one of us.”
Amish Tripathi
Scion of Ikshvaku
“And if there is anything that appears like a miracle, the only explanation is that a scientific reason for it has not been discovered as yet.”
Amish Tripathi
The Immortals of Meluha
“And most of the times, the rebellions were not led by farsighted men who thought they would create a better way of life for the common man. They were led by men discontented with their lot in life.”
Amish Tripathi
The Immortals of Meluha
“Any Brute can kill, but to kill with so many conditions attached requires Professionals.”
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“Ati sarvatra varjayet:
Amish Tripathi
Excess of anything is bad. Some of us are attracted to Good. But the universe tries to maintain balance. So what is good for some may end up being bad for others.
Agriculture is good for us humans as it gives us an assured supply of food, but it is bad for the animals that lose their forest and grazing land.”
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“Be clear about what you want. But hide it well. It will help you get what you want.”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“Becoming a leader is not about being able to fight or argue or make speeches. It’s actually about realising what must be done for the greater good. And doing it, regardless of the personal costs ”
Amish Tripathi
Legend of Suheldev
“Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.’ Sita”
Amish Tripathi
Sita
“But chess is a representation of real life. How you play chess says a lot about how you live as well.”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“But karma should not be the centre of our lives. If we truly discover our Being, our Swatatva, and live in consonance with what we are meant to be, then everything becomes easy. We don’t have to try hard to carry out our karma. Because we will not do anything in the vain hope of something else. We will do it simply because it is in consonance with our Being. With what we were born to be.”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“But the feminine way has other problems; most importantly, of how to unite their own behind a larger cause. The followers of the feminine way are usually so divided that it takes a miracle for them to come together for any one purpose, under a single banner.”
Amish Tripathi
Scion of Ikshvaku
“But the strange thing about anger is that it is like fire; the more you feed it, the more it grows. It takes a lot of wisdom to know when to let anger go.”
Amish Tripathi
Scion of Ikshvaku
“But this is the way I see it: There is a lion and a deer within each of us. Only if we nurture the lion will we make something of ourselves. If we indulge the deer, we’ll be running and hiding all our lives.”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“Circumstance is just an excuse for the weak to rationalise their failures.”
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“Come to India as devotees, and our motherland will open her heart for you. Dare to come as invaders, and we will burn every single one of you.”
Amish Tripathi
Legend of Suheldev
“Conversational journey to find knowledge makes attaining it that much more satisfying.”
Amish Tripathi
The Immortals of Meluha
“Countering religious intolerance with secular intolerance only replaces one monster with another.”
Amish Tripathi
Immortal India
“Creation and destruction are the two ends of the same moment. And everything between the creation and the next destruction is the journey of life.”
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“Dark clouds cannot hide the sun forever. One day, they will clear and true light will shine through.”
Amish Tripathi
Scion of Ikshvaku
“Darkness does not win because it is strong. It wins because the lamps stop fighting.”
Amish Tripathi
Legend of Suheldev
“Delusions create the most compelling of beliefs.”
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“Dharma matih udgritah; dharma is that which is well judged by your mind; think deeply about dharma and your mind will tell you what is right.”
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“Do you know what is the most powerful force in a man’s life?’ asked Daksha. Kanakhala and Parvateshwar looked at Daksha nonplussed. ‘It is his intense desire to impress the person he loves the most,’ expounded Daksha.”
Amish Tripathi
The Immortals of Meluha
“Don’t be afraid of the dark, my child. Light has a source. It can be snuffed out. But darkness has no source. It just exists. This darkness is a path to That, which has no source: God. Wise”
Amish Tripathi
Sita
“Don’t think of the characters of the Mahabharata, or any epic, as people. Think of them as qualities: our virtues and our vices. The battle of Kurukshetra is staged within us, every day, every moment.”
Amish Tripathi
Dharma
“Ekam Sat Vipra Bahudha Vadanti. Truth is one, though the sages know it as many. God is one, though different religions approach Him differently. Call Him Shiva, Vishnu, Allah, Jesus or any other form of God that you believe in. Our paths may be different. Our destination is the same.”
Amish Tripathi
Secret of the Nagas
“Even honorable men sometimes prove to be terrible leaders. Conversely, men of questionable character can occasionally be exactly what a nation requires.”
Amish Tripathi
Scion of Ikshvaku
“Every emotion in the universe exists for a purpose; nothing is superfluous in nature’s design.”
Amish Tripathi
Scion of Ikshvaku
“Everything in the world is maya, an illusion. The ultimate truth one has to realise is that we actually need nothing. Because to possess an illusion is as good as possessing nothing.”
Amish Tripathi
Secret of the Nagas
“Evil is never in a rush. It creeps up slowly. It doesn’t hide, but confronts you in broad daylight. It gives decades of warnings, even centuries at times. Time is never the problem when you battle Evil. The problem is the will to fight it.”
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“Fate controls only the weak, Your Highness. The strong mould the providence the want”
Amish Tripathi
Secret of the Nagas
“For history is written by victors. They can write it however they want. The losers are always remembered the way the victors portray them.”
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“Forgive me for killing you, O noble beast,’ he whispered the ancient apology that all hunters offered, as he gently touched the deer’s head. ‘May your soul find purpose again, while your body sustains my soul.”
Amish Tripathi
Scion of Ikshvaku
“Freedom is never the ally of law. You can have freedom to choose whether you want to join or leave a society based on the rule of law. But as long as you live in such a society you must obey the law.” (Amish Tripathi Quotes)
Amish Tripathi
Scion of Ikshvaku
“Freedom of speech was curtailed so that verbal violence could also be controlled. Disagreement was discouraged. This is how the Bhaaratas felt that heaven could be created on earth; by making strength powerless, and weakness powerful.”
Amish Tripathi
Sita
“Goddess Shakti had infused with life; therefore, she felt the Goddess had converted a Shava to Shiva, or the auspicious one.”
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“Happiness is not an accident. It is a choice. It is in our hands to be happy. Always in our hands. Who says that we can have only one soulmate? Sometimes, soulmates want such radically different things that they end up being the cause of unhappiness for each other.”
Amish Tripathi
Sita
“He had read somewhere that there was nothing worse than unrequited love. But they were wrong. There was something worse: Unrequited love that was not even aware of it being one-sided.”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“However, weak people never admit that they are responsible for their own state. They always blame either circumstances or others.”
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“I don’t believe anything till I’ve seen the proof. For anything without proof, I think we should believe the theory that gives us peace. It doesn’t matter whether the theory is true or not.”
Amish Tripathi
Secret of the Nagas
“I don’t believe anything till I have seen the proof. For anything without proof, I think we should believe the theory that gives us peace. It doesn’t matter whether the theory is true or not.”
Amish Tripathi
Secret of the Nagas
“I don’t believe in symbolic gods.I believe that god exists all around us.In the flow of the river,in the rustle of the trees,in the whisper of the winds. He speaks to us all the time.all we need to do is listen.”
Amish Tripathi
The Immortals of Meluha
“I guess what I’m trying to say is that I want a woman who is better than I am; a woman who will compel me to bow my head in admiration.”
Amish Tripathi
Scion of Ikshvaku
“I have my true religion and you have your true religion. I will respect your right to follow your truth and you must respect my right to follow mine.”
Amish Tripathi
Immortal India
“If He is my God, if He picks my side over someone else’s, He is not the One God. The only true One God is the one who picks no sides, who belongs to everything, who doesn’t demand loyalty or fear; in fact, who doesn’t demand anything at all. Because the Ekam just exists; and His existence allows for the existence of all else.”
Amish Tripathi
Scion of Ikshvaku
“If I’m successful, people will call me brave. If I fail, I will be called foolish. Let me do what I think is right. I’ll leave the verdict to the future.”
Amish Tripathi
Scion of Ikshvaku
“If Indians who debate in the public square can accept Observer-bias, foster the ability to listen, use data and most importantly, stay calm, we may just avoid the American spectacle where debates have degenerated to gladiatorial matches rather than an attempt to develop collective thought that is sophisticated, nuanced and productive.”
Amish Tripathi
Immortal India
“If karma is giving you a negative signal repeatedly, then it is not testing you, it is trying to teach you.”
Amish Tripathi
Scion of Ikshvaku
“If our actions are motivated by fear, passion, anxiety, desire – if they are driven by the ego – then even hard work can take us away from Dharma.”
Amish Tripathi
Dharma
“If the entire society was conscious of its duties, nobody would need to fight for their individual rights. Since everybodys’s rights would be automatically taken care of through someone else’s duties.”
Amish Tripathi
The Immortals of Meluha
“If the universe is trying to maintain balance, we must aid this by ensuring that Good is not enjoyed excessively. Or else the universe will re-balance itself by creating Evil to counteract Good. That is the purpose of Evil: it balances the Good.”
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“If we can actually put some thought into our concept of charity, we can finally pay heed to the wise Vidur from the Mahabharat. He said that there are two ways to waste money. One is by giving money or charity to the unworthy. And the other is by not giving it to the worthy.”
Amish Tripathi
Immortal India
“If you are a fish charging at bait, then it usually doesn’t end well.”
Amish Tripathi
Scion of Ikshvaku
“If you compromise the prospects of the strong, and lean too much towards the interests of the weak, then your society itself goes into decline.”
Amish Tripathi
Scion of Ikshvaku
“If you decide to challenge your destiny, your opponent would not be some judgmental Lord Almighty who is seeking to punish you; your opponent would only be the limitations of your own mind. This will empower you to fight your fate.”
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“If you make a person believe that his misfortune in this birth is due to his sins in his previous birth, he will resign himself to his fate and not vent his fury on society at large.”
Amish Tripathi
The Immortals of Meluha
“If you spend enough time with anything, you start liking it, even sadness.”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“If you want something from someone, you have to give that person something they want.”
Amish Tripathi
The Immortals of Meluha
“If you want to know the strength of a cloth, you inspect the quality of its weave. If you want to understand a person’s character, look closely at their interpersonal behaviour or their transactions.”
Amish Tripathi
The Immortals of Meluha
“I’m not a fan of everything that our ancestors did, but some practices are worth reviving. One of them is looking upon marriage as a sacred partnership between two souls; not as a political alliance between two power centers.”
Amish Tripathi
Scion of Ikshvaku
“In the beginning of time, there was nothing except darkness and primordial flood. Then out of this darkness, desire was born. Desire was the primal seed, the germ of creation.”
Amish Tripathi
Secret of the Nagas
“In the field of dharma, intentions matter as much, if not more, than the act itself.”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“India will remain secure only if there are enough men who choose India over everything else. And I mean everything else. If I have to choose between my religion and India, I will choose India. Every. Single. Time. As long as there are enough Hindus, Jains, Buddhists, Muslims and Christians who think like that, our country will be safe.”
Amish Tripathi
Legend of Suheldev
“Indian culture was engineered at the outset with equal doses of wisdom and flexibility to navigate changing times and still retain its identity.”
Amish Tripathi
Immortal India
“Infighting is our favourite pastime, which we stop only briefly when the enemy is at our doorstep.”
Amish Tripathi
Legend of Suheldev
“Is God supposed to sit on a sad height that we can’t even aspire to reach? Or is God a role model who dwells among us and who teaches us through His example what we are capable of becoming.”
Amish Tripathi
Immortal India
“It is attachment that makes people forget not only their moral duties but even who they really are.”
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“It is said that we come with nothing into this world, and take nothing back. But that’s not true. We carry our karma with us. And we leave behind our reputation, our name.”
Amish Tripathi
Sita
“It is your karma to fight evil. It doesn’t matter if the people that evil is being committed against don’t fight back. It doesn’t matter if the entire world chooses to look the other way. Always remember this. You don’t live with the consequences of other people’s karma. You live with the consequences of your own”
Amish Tripathi
Secret of the Nagas
“It was better to commit mistakes on the path that one’s soul is meant to walk on, than to live a perfect life on a path that is not meant for one’s soul.”
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“It’s not easy being a witness when one has the power to rule.”
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“It’s our greed to extract more and more from good that turns it into evil.”
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“Karma, like I said, is activity; to do. And activity should be a tool for self-discovery. You have to walk that path alone, though. Understand your own inner drama. Confront it. Then master it. That will bring you closer to dharma.”
Amish Tripathi
Dharma
“Khalil Gibran said that parents are like a bow, And children like arrows. The more the bow bends and stretches, the farther the arrow flies. I fly, not because I am special, but because they stretched for me.”
Amish Tripathi
Scion of Ikshvaku
“Knowledge has its context. Unless you know the context, you may not understand the point.”
Amish Tripathi
The Immortals of Meluha
“Knowledge seems like magic to the ignorant.”
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“Laws are not important. What is important is justice. If the purpose of justice is served by breaking a law, then break it.’ ‘Lord Ram said that?’ asked”
Amish Tripathi
Secret of the Nagas
“Let this temporary body be burned to ashes. But the breath of life belongs elsewhere. May it find its way back to the Immortal Breath.”
Amish Tripathi
Scion of Ikshvaku
“Life is not only about what we want, but also about what we must do. We don’t just have rights. We also have duties.”
Amish Tripathi
Sita
“Life is short, the road is long. Hurry…”
Amish Tripathi
Immortal India
“Lord Manu had said it’s not people who are evil. True evil exists beyond them. It attracts people. It causes confusion amongst its enemies. But Evil in itself is too big to be confined to just a few.”
Amish Tripathi
Secret of the Nagas
“Make sure your soul remembers my name. So that it cowers in fear whenever it hears it.”
Amish Tripathi
Legend of Suheldev
“Many people are not wise enough to count life’s blessings. They keep focusing instead on what the world has denied them.”
Amish Tripathi
Sita
“Marxists famously espouse, ‘Religion is the opium of the masses.’ Honestly, I find that assertion ironic and silly, because Marxism itself often behaves like a religion. Its adherents frequently prefer dogma over intellectual rigour in forming their opinions.”
Amish Tripathi
Immortal India
“Moksha can wait. Evil must be stopped first.”
Amish Tripathi
Legend of Suheldev
“Nine of them exhibited the navrasas, or nine major emotions, as described in the Natyashastra: love, laughter, sorrow, anger, courage, fear, disgust, wonder and tranquillity. The tenth face, in the centre, had no expression at all. A blank slate.”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“No one way of life is better or worse. They both have their strengths and weaknesses.”
Amish Tripathi
Sita
“No point talking about things that we can’t do anything about. Best to sweep it under the carpet and focus on something else.”
Amish Tripathi
Legend of Suheldev
“Nobility is about being noble, Maa. It’s about the way of the Arya. Its not about your birth, but how you conduct yourself. Being a noble is great responsibility, not a birthright.” (Amish Tripathi Quotes)
Amish Tripathi
Scion of Ikshvaku
“Nobility without capability is limiting, it only results in good theory.”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“Nobody is good or bad. They are either strong or weak. Strong people stick to their morals, no matter what the trials and tribulations. Weak people, many a times, do not even realise how low they have fallen.”
Amish Tripathi
Secret of the Nagas
“Not everyone has the spirit to keep their character strong when their stomachs are empty.’ Sunaina”
Amish Tripathi
Sita
“Nothing disarms strong men like a genuinely innocent and decent woman. It’s the fascination that all strong men have for the Virgin Goddess, who must always be honored and protected.”
Amish Tripathi
Scion of Ikshvaku
“Nothing is more important than life. Nothing. You realise the simplicity of that point only when you confront death every day.”
Amish Tripathi
Secret of the Nagas
“Often the poor have more nobility in them than the actual nobility.”
Amish Tripathi
Sita
“Often, our immediate reaction to a sudden crisis help us save ourselves. Our response to gradual crises that creep up upon us, on the other hand, may be so adaptive as to ultimately lead to self-destruction.”
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“One cannot undo what has happened. But the inexorable march of time offers the wise opportunities for redemption. I entreat you, do not escape. Stay in this world and do your karma.”
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“One makes one’s own luck, but you have to give the universe the opportunity to help you.”
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“One of the few advantages of being disliked is that you don’t need to fret over what others think about you.”
Amish Tripathi
Scion of Ikshvaku
“Only an artist can understand the despair of being abandoned by his muse, his lifelong inspiration. Only someone who had loved can know the immeasurable agony of losing the object of one’s passion. Only a devout believer who has touched the Divine can know the soul-emptying misery of his Goddess being taken from him.”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“Only visible in retrospect, my friend. If I’m successful, people will call me brave. If I fail, I will be called foolish.”
Amish Tripathi
Scion of Ikshvaku
“Our conscious mind is very clever. It creates honourable motives for our private consumption, which we earnestly believe. But beneath the pretence of awareness lie our real intentions.”
Amish Tripathi
Dharma
“Our response to gradual crises that creep up upon us, on the other hand, may be so adaptive as to ultimately lead to self-destruction.”
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“Parmatma does not interfere in our lives. He sets the rules by which the universe exists. Then, He does something very difficult. He leaves us alone. He lets things play out naturally. He lets His creations make decisions about their own lives. It’s not easy being a witness when one has the power to rule. It takes a Supreme God to be able to do that. He knows this is our world, our karmabhoomi.”
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“Passionate children have strong emotions that insist on finding expression. They laugh loudly. They cry even more loudly.”
Amish Tripathi
Scion of Ikshvaku
“People are happy when their life changes for the better. But there are two situations in which change can lead to chaos. First, when people face a change imposed by others, in situations that they cannot understand. This scares them almost as much as the fear of death. When change happens too fast, they resist it.”
Amish Tripathi
The Immortals of Meluha
“People do what their society rewards them for doing. If the society rewards trust, people will be trusting.”
Amish Tripathi
The Immortals of Meluha
“People have a tendency to do what they want to do rather than what they should be doing.”
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“People respond to stress in much the same way. Those who are soft on the inside become harder with the right amount of stress, and those who are hard on the inside become softer. If you think about it this way, then the right amount of stress becomes necessary to balance your character. Too much stress is not good—it may break you. But no stress is not good either. You need the right amount of stress to balance your character and make you grow.”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“People who only listen to their hearts usually fail. On the other hand, people who only use their heads tend to be selfish. Only the heart can make you think of others before yourself. For the sake of dharma, you must aim for equality and balance in society. Perfect equality can never be achieved but we must try to reduce inequality as much as we can.”
Amish Tripathi
Sita
“People will change their regressive social attitudes more easily if they feel their religion asks them to do so.”
Amish Tripathi
Immortal India
“Raavan is not as powerful as the people of Sapt Sindhu think he is. But he revels in this image of the monster that he has created for himself. That image intimidates others. But that image is useful for us as well.”
Amish Tripathi
Sita
“Ram wanted to marry a woman in front of whom he would be compelled to bow his head in admiration.”
Amish Tripathi
Sita
“Rather than the destination it is the journey that lends meaning to our lives, great Neelkanth. Being faithful to our path will lead to consequences, both good as well as bad. For that is the way of the universe.”
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“Refusing to believe the truth doesn’t make it any less true.”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“Remember nobody is good or bad. They are either strong or weak. Strong people stick to their morals, no matter what the trials and tribulations. Weak people, many a times, do not even realise how low they have sunk.”
Amish Tripathi
Secret of the Nagas
“Responsible people do their rightful duty. You don’t need to endure what is wrong and then label it as responsibility or duty.”
Amish Tripathi
Dharma
“Rules bring order to society; but within families, primacy of rules over love, is usually a path to unhappiness.”
Amish Tripathi
Immortal India
“Running away is never the solution. Confront your problems. Manage them. That is the way of the warrior.”
Amish Tripathi
Sita
“Satyam Shivam Sundaram Shiva is truth. Shiva is beauty Shiva is the masculine. Shiva is the feminine Shiva is a Suryavanshi. Shiva is a Chandravanshi”
Amish Tripathi
Secret of the Nagas
“She has that something, like the thread in a crystal-bead necklace. She holds it all together.”
Amish Tripathi
Scion of Ikshvaku
“Some good can emerge from the most horrific of events. There is something positive hidden in every negative, and something negative in every positive. Life is complicated, and a balanced person can see both sides.”
Amish Tripathi
Scion of Ikshvaku
“Sometimes, to create a perfect world, a leader has to do what is necessary at the time; even if it may not appear to be the “right” thing to do in the short term.”
Amish Tripathi
Scion of Ikshvaku
“Sometimes, truth causes pain and suffering. At such times, silence is preferred. In fact, there may be times when a white lie, could actually lead to a good outcome.”
Amish Tripathi
Scion of Ikshvaku
“Speaking of killing is much easier than doing the actual killing itself.”
Amish Tripathi
Legend of Suheldev
“Stability allows a person the freedom of choice, my friend. People can pursue their dreams only when they are living in a society where survival is not threatened on a daily basis.”
Amish Tripathi
The Immortals of Meluha
“Standing by and doing nothing while a sin is committed is as bad as committing the sin itself.”
Amish Tripathi
Secret of the Nagas
“Strong people stick to their morals, no matter what the trials and tribulations, Weak people, many a times, do not even realize how low they have sunk.”
Amish Tripathi
Secret of the Nagas
“Tell me this is not true. Just say it and I will believe you, regardless of what anyone else says.”
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“That’s something for another story, another book.”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“The city enjoys the moon and the night. The jungle always welcomes the sun.”
Amish Tripathi
Sita
“The criminals among the rich are mostly driven by greed. One can negotiate with greed. But the criminals among the poor are driven by desperation and anger.”
Amish Tripathi
Sita
“The diameter of the sun was a hundred and eight times the diameter of the earth. The average distance from the sun to the earth was a hundred and eight times the diameter of the sun. The average distance of the moon from the earth was a hundred and eight times the diameter of the moon. There were several other examples of this number appearing almost magically in the universe. Over time, it had been incorporated into many rituals. For instance, it was recommended that a mantra be chanted a hundred and eight times.”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“The difference between the Gods whom we worship and us is that they have discovered the God with in, while we are still at it.”
Amish Tripathi
Immortal India
“The differences in society should be determined by merit. That’s all. Not birth.”
Amish Tripathi
Sita
“The distance between Evil and Good is a vast expanse in which many can exist without being either.”
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“The fortunate ones die with their loved ones around them.”
Amish Tripathi
Sita
“The key question isn’t ‘What is Evil?’ The key question is ‘When does the Good become Evil?”
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“The law cannot be broken. It is supreme, more important than you or me.”
Amish Tripathi
Scion of Ikshvaku
“The lotus was a flower that retained its fragrance and beauty even while growing in slush and dirty water. It posed a silent challenge to the humans who visited the temple, to be true to their dharma even if those around them were not.” (Amish Tripathi Quotes)
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“The Masculine way is ordered, efficient and fair at its best, but fanatical and violent at its worst. The Feminine way is creative, passionate and caring at its best, but decadent and chaotic at its worst. No one way of life is better or worse.”
Amish Tripathi
Sita
“The masculine way of life is defined by truth, duty and honour. At its peak, masculine civilisations are efficient, just and egalitarian. But as they decline, they become fanatical, rigid and especially harsh towards the weak.”
Amish Tripathi
Scion of Ikshvaku
“The moment that every unrealised heart craves for. The unforgettable instant that a soul, clinging on to the purest memory of its previous life, longs for. The second, that in spite of a conspiracy of the gods, only a few lucky men experience. The moment when she enters his life.”
Amish Tripathi
The Immortals of Meluha
“The most powerful force in a woman’s life is the need to be appreciated, loved and cherished for what she is.”
Amish Tripathi
The Immortals of Meluha
“The opposite of love is not hate. Hate is just love gone bad. The actual opposite of love is apathy. When you don’t care a damn as to what happens to the other person.”
Amish Tripathi
Secret of the Nagas
“The Pashupatiastra was a pure nuclear fusion weapon, unlike the Brahmastra and the Vaishnavastra which were nuclear fission weapons. In a pure nuclear fusion weapon, two paramanoos, the smallest stable division of matter, are fused together to release tremendous destructive energy. In a nuclear fission weapon, anoos, atomic particles, are broken down to release paramanoos, and this is also accompanied by a demonic release of devastating energy. Nuclear fission weapons leave behind a trail of uncontrollable destruction, with radioactive waste spreading far and wide. A nuclear fusion weapon, on the other hand, is much more controlled, destroying only the targeted area with minimal radioactive spread.”
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“The purpose is not the destination but the journey itself. Only those who understand this simple truth can experience true happiness.”
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“The rivers fight with each other with the only currency that they know: water. We humans fight with the only currency that we know in this age: violence.”
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“The second is when people cannot make the transition they want in order to improve their lives for reasons beyond their control.”
Amish Tripathi
The Immortals of Meluha
“The simple truth hit Shiva: if the entire society was conscious of its duties, nobody would need to fight for their individual rights. Since everybody’s rights would be automatically taken care of through someone else’s duties. Lord Ram was a genius!”
Amish Tripathi
The Immortals of Meluha
“The strength of the Islam of the Turks is that it is socially inclusive, but its weakness is that it is theologically intolerant. On the other hand, the Hinduism of us Indians is theologically inclusive and liberal, while socially we are intolerant.”
Amish Tripathi
Legend of Suheldev
“The Turks did not stop at Afghanistan and Balochistan. That was our land too, once. They did not stop at the holy Indus river. That was our river too, once. Even if they conquer the entire land of Mother India, they will notstop. They will not stop the humiliation. They will not stop the war. They will not stop the killing. The more we appease, the more they will demand.The more we surrender, the more they will attack. They will never, ever stop.The only way they will stop, is if some Indian dares to stand up and say: Enough is enough.”
Amish Tripathi
Legend of Suheldev
“The union of the lingam and the yoni represented creation, a result of the partnership between the masculine and the feminine, an alliance between passive Space and active Time from which all life, indeed all creation, originated.”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“The worst enemy a man can ever have is the one who was once his best friend.”
Amish Tripathi
Sita
“There are many realities. There are many versions of what may appear
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obvious. Whatever appears as the unshakeable truth, its exact opposite
may also be true in another context. After all, one’s reality is but
perception, viewed through various prisms of context.”
The Immortals of Meluha
“There are times when reason does not work, and peaceful efforts prove inadequate. Violence is ultimately the last resort. This is the way it has been. The world will, perhaps, never be any different.”
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“There are usually enough tragedies in life that we are genuinely responsible for. Feel guilty about them, for sure. But there is no point in burdening your heart with guilt over events that are not your fault.”
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“There is a lion and a deer within each of us. Only if we nurture the lion will we make something of ourselves. If we indulge the deer, we’ll be running and hiding all our lives.”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“There is always unity at the end, and it brings a new tranquility. But the meeting of two worlds causes a lot of temporary chaos.”
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“There is no “your god” or “my god”. All godliness comes from the same source. Just the manifestations are different.”
Amish Tripathi
The Immortals of Meluha
“There is only this life; this moment. That is the only thing we can be sure of. Everything else is only theory.”
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“There is something positive hidden in every negative, and something negative hidden in every positive. Life is complicated.”
Amish Tripathi
Scion of Ikshvaku
“There is your truth and there is my truth. As for the universal truth? It does not exist.”
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“There’s nothing worse than being married to the wrong person. You should only get married if you find someone you admire, who will help you understand and fulfill your life’s purpose. And you, in turn, can help her fulfill her life’s purpose. If you’re able to find that one person, then marry her.”
Amish Tripathi
Scion of Ikshvaku
“These descendants divined myths in what was really history, for true memories were forgotten in chaos as vast arrays of daivi astras used in the Great War ravaged the land. That war destroyed almost everything. It took centuries for India to regain its old cultural vigour and intellectual depth.”
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“Thor has been banished from Scandinavia, Ra’s sun has set in Egypt and Zeus lies buried in the snow at Mount Olympus. But the myths of lord Ram reign strong India, Lord Krishna has not ceasrd to dance in out hearts.”
Amish Tripathi
Immortal India
“Those who are true patriots will remember. I don’t care about the rest. I am proud to have given up one son for a noble cause. I would happily sacrifice more if needed.”
Amish Tripathi
Legend of Suheldev
“Today, if I don’t have the time, I simply refuse; because I know that the opportunity will return, either in this life or the next!”
Amish Tripathi
Immortal India
“Too much of anything creates an imbalance in life. This is true even of virtues such as nonviolence. You never know when the winds of change strike; when violence may be required to protect your society, or to even survive.”
Amish Tripathi
Sita
“Truth doesn’t have to be liked. It only has to be spoken. Speak it out. The truth may hurt you, but it will set you free.”
Amish Tripathi
Secret of the Nagas
“Truth is one but the wise men speak it as many.”
Amish Tripathi
Immortal India
“Unfettered strength is disruptive and purposeless. It can be exploited. It arouses envy, after all.”
Amish Tripathi
Dharma
“We become gods when we realise that a part of the universal divinity lives within us.”
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“We criticise corruption in others, but are blind to our own dishonesty. We hate others who do wrong and commit crimes, blithely ignoring our own misdeeds, big and small. We vehemently blame Raavan for all our ills, refusing to acknowledge that we created the mess we find ourselves in.”
Amish Tripathi
Scion of Ikshvaku
“We don’t become gods because we think we are gods. That is only a sign of ego. We become gods when we realise that a part of the universal divinity lives within us; when we understand our role in this great world and when we strive to fulfill that role. That makes you a God. And remember, gods don’t fail. You cannot fail.” (Amish Tripathi Quotes)
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“Weak people never admit that they are responsible for their own state. They always blame either circumstances or others.”
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“What is 108 times the diameter of the Earth? The diameter of the Sun. I am the Sun God!”
Amish Tripathi
Sita
“What is forgotten, however, is that many times the Good we create leads to Evil that will destroy us.”
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“When logic fails, faith can serve a purpose. Sunaina”
Amish Tripathi
Sita
“When the axe entered the forest, the trees said to each other: do not worry, the handle in that axe is one of us.”
Amish Tripathi
Scion of Ikshvaku
“When the axe entered the forest, the trees said to each other: do not worry, the handle in that axe is one of us.”’ Shurpanakha”
Amish Tripathi
Sita
“When the gardeners are good, the flower will bloom.”
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“When times change, as they inevitably do, one finds it impossible to give up on one’s faith; in fact, one clings to it with renewed vigour. Difficult times make men cling to their faith even more strongly.”
Amish Tripathi
Scion of Ikshvaku
“When two elephants fight, the grass gets trampled”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“When you fill a clogged drain with more water than it can hold, it’s bound to overflow and contaminate everything around it. When grief overwhelms someone, when they are enraged at what fate has done to them, their fury often overflows and is inflicted upon the world.”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“When you find your purpose and rhythm in the universe, you are in a state of Dharma.”
Amish Tripathi
Dharma
“Whether a man is a legend or not is decided by history, not fortune-tellers.”
Amish Tripathi
The Immortals of Meluha
“Women are welcome. Similarly, there are temples dedicated to the female sanyasi path, where adult men are not allowed, like the Kumari Amman temple. There are temples for the sanyas of transgender people too. Misunderstandings arise because you worldly people don’t know enough about our sanyasi ways.’ ‘Okay, okay, I give up,’ said Raavan, holding his hands up in mock surrender. ‘Go for your pilgrimage. When is it? In a few months?’ ‘Yes.’ Kumbhakarna smiled and murmured, ‘Swamiye Sharanam Ayyappa.’ We find refuge at the feet of Lord Ayyappa.”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“Yes. It’s very difficult to be calm and centered if your entire focus is on that. For karma is action in the hope of something in return. Like, if you give charity to someone, you expect at least respect in return. It’s a transaction. And if the result of your actions is not what you expected, you feel let down and become unhappy. Even worse, if the karma you get in return for your actions is, in fact, what you expected, you discover that the happiness you derive from it is fleeting. If dissatisfaction is guaranteed, how can you find peace of mind?’ ‘How?’ ‘Simply by being what you are meant to be.”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“You can certainly learn from the successes of great men, you can learn even more from their failures and mistakes.”
Amish Tripathi
Scion of Ikshvaku
“You had decided upon your course of action already. But that did not stop you from having a discussion, allowing us to be a part of the decision. Somehow, you guided us all into saying what you wanted to hear. And yet, you made each one of us feel as if it was our own decision. That is leadership.”
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“You have behaved in an exemplary manner until now. Even when you could have gained by doing something wrong, you refrained from doing so. You didn’t fall prey to the logic of doing a small wrong for the sake of the greater good; of the ends justifying the means. That takes moral courage.”
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
“You live in Ram’s kingdom, hold your head high. Fight for justice. Treat all as equal. Protect the weak. Know that dharma is above all. Hold your head high, You live in the kingdom of Ram.”
Amish Tripathi
Scion of Ikshvaku
“You must use your heart to decide the destination, but use your head to plot the journey. People who only listen to their hearts usually fail. On the other hand, people who only use their heads tend to be selfish.”
Amish Tripathi
Sita
“You must use your heart to decide the destination, but use your head to plot the journey.”
Amish Tripathi
Sita
“You need to be liberal, of course. For that is the Indian way. But don’t be a blind and stupid liberal.”
Amish Tripathi
Sita
“You will need to be mature and pragmatic. You must use your heart to decide the destination, but use your head to plot the journey.”
Amish Tripathi
Sita
“Yunan-o-Misr-o-Roma sab mit gaye jahan se Ab tak magar hai baki naam-o-nishan hamara, Kuchh baat hai ke hasti mit’ti nahin hamari Sadiyon raha hai dushman daur-e-zaman hamara”
Amish Tripathi
Immortal India
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